Conservation News
Conservation Movement Gains in Popularity - Land trusts a growth industry
By Kris Sherman, [email protected]
In the past 45 years, the evergreens, cedar and hemlock on Bob and Nancy Lind's 80-acre property on the Key Peninsula stretched themselves high, higher and still higher into the sky.
Their rugged trunks grew thicker, their roots hardier.
The canopy of branches and leaves dropped nutrients on the forest floor, providing shelter and food for deer, raccoons, squirrels, birds and other wildlife.
The Linds, wanting to preserve their property near Home for future generations, arranged a conservation easement on it about 10 years ago.
The easement means their property will be preserved as is when they're gone; it can't be subdivided or otherwise developed. But it's not public property; they still own and live on the land.
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